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Obamacare: California proving new health care law can work

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It's almost become a clich: If the new health care law makes it here, it can make it anywhere.

As thousands of California procrastinators try to beat Monday's midnight deadline to apply for a health care plan, they'll be joining more than 1 million others in the Bellwether State who already have enrolled through California's health insurance exchange. And another 2 million have been determined eligible for Medi-Cal, the state's program for the poor.

With exchange sign-ups in the state exceeding many projections for the first six months of open enrollment, health care experts say the federal law has worked in California pretty much as it was meant to -- despite startup hassles such as a glitchy website and hourlong waits to talk to a human being on the phone.

Brochures and handouts on the Affordable Care Act at a San Jose library, Oct. 1, 2013. (Josie Lepe/Bay Area News Group) ( Josie Lepe )

"What California has done is kind of proof that the concept can work," said Larry Levitt, a senior vice president at the Menlo Park-based Kaiser Family Foundation. But, he cautioned, "it's not a guarantee that it will work everywhere.''

Much of the reason it has been relatively smooth sailing in California, Levitt and other health care experts note, has to do with the groundwork laid years ago by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who signed legislation creating provisions that allowed the state to get a big head start on the Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare. It also didn't hurt that the blue state received $1 billion in federal grants to help it build its own insurance exchange and pay for outreach, marketing and consumer assistance.

But there are still lingering questions about the long-term viability of Obamacare, California style.

Indeed, the things many California health consumers want to know -- from whether insurance premiums will go up next year to whether they should expect long waits for doctors' appointments or packed waiting rooms at hospitals -- won't be known for a while, Levitt and other experts say.

In part, it will be hard to characterize the exact "risk pool" the new exchange has created until the final enrollment numbers are counted and analyzed after April 15 -- the extended deadline for those who start but cannot finish their applications by Monday.

Even assessing the health status of many new enrollees -- Who is sick? Who is healthy? -- may be next to impossible unless they have sought medical care under their new policy and generated a medical record by May 1, when insurers need to submit their proposed 2015 rates to the exchange.

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Answers to health-care questions available

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FAIRMONT Though the March 31 sign-up deadline for health care under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will pass on Monday, Monongahela Valley Association of Health Centers (MVA) wants people to know they will still be here, available to answer residents questions.

Well always have somebody on-site at our MVA Fairmont Clinic site, Kevin Crockett, MPA and assistant administrator with MVA, said.

MVA has had assisters on site, ready to help residents with the ACA since October.

In addition to having assisters on-site Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Fairmont Clinic on Locust Avenue, the MVA clinic has been holding events all over the area to help answer peoples questions about the ACA.

Weve been trying to reach the public in different avenues and let them know were there to help them however we can, Brandon Williams, certified application counselor with MVA, said.

The MVA will continue to hold events through at least the middle of April, though they would like to continue even longer if they are able. The MVA is available to help answer questions at the Marion County Public Library in Fairmont on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Fairmont Workforce on Wednesdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fairmont General Hospital on Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Fridays at the Morgantown Public Library from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Even if events stop in mid-April, on-site help will still be available at the Fairmont MVA through the end of the year.

Residents can also ask questions by calling 304-367-8759 or 304-366-0700 extension 8444, or by sending an email to enroll@mvahealth.org.

Williams said that there are a few questions that have come up time and again.

One of the biggest questions I get is what kind of subsidy will I qualify for? Williams said. And my answer for all those individuals is that it is based off your household income and household size.

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Byram police union attacks town manager over health care issue

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By JOE CARLSON

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BYRAM Health care negotiations between PBA Local 138, the union that represents Byram police officers, and the township, which have been in progress since August 2012, heated up last week when the PBA accused Township Manager Joe Sabatini of a conflict of interest in not accepting a PBA proposed health care plan.

The PBA can only conclude that the rejection was in direct connection with the Town Manager receiving 50 percent of the annual cost ($34,000) of the health care policy, read a PBA postcard mailed to Byram residents last week. The PBA believe allowing the Manager to negotiate health care is a conflict due to his large cash payment for opting out of health care.

Byram Police Officers Association (Byrams branch of the PBA) Vice President Daniel DeWald said on Friday the postcard was sent out because the negotiation talks broke off in November and the PBA wanted residents to know what it (the PBA) believed was going on.

The postcard was received by many residents between Tuesday and Thursday.

In response to the postcard, Mayor Jim Oscovitch addressed the claims in a statement to the New Jersey Herald.

All actions and decisions by our Township Manager during negotiations with the PBA have been made with the direction and approval of the Mayor and Council, the statement read. We stand united behind our Manager and the decisions weve made throughout this process. We are disappointed that the PBA has chosen public personal attack over respectful collaborative negotiation.

Following the mass mailing of the postcards, the township sent an email blast to residents and posted a statement on its website refuting the claims.

Sabatini, who does not get his health insurance through the township, receives cash compensation each year. Receiving cash compensation instead of insurance is a Byram policy that is available to all employees. On Friday, Sabatini said for 2014 his compensation for not taking insurance would be $13,785.12.

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State health care enrollment fair draws hundreds

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BALTIMORE A health care enrollment fair on Saturday drew hundreds of Maryland residents who lined up and waited to beat Mondays midnight deadline to enroll in a health care plan.

People said they generally waited about an hour at the Baltimore Convention Center before sitting down with a navigator to help guide them through the process. Several said it then took between 15 and 30 minutes to enroll.

LaVerne Henson, a 49-year-old Baltimore resident who hasnt had health insurance since 2009, said she decided to take advantage of the in-person help after trying six frustrating times to enroll herself through the states troubled online exchange website.

Coming here, we had no problem, Henson said. We went straight through it in less than 20 minutes.

Amber LeSane, 33, said she had had trouble understanding how different health care plans worked when she used the website, and she wanted to meet with someone to get more information about deductions and tax credits. After waiting an hour to see a navigator, LeSane said she enrolled in a plan in 30 minutes.

It was actually pretty good, LeSane, of Randallstown, said. The wait time wasnt as long as I expected, and the navigator was very friendly, very helpful, so it was overall a good experience.

Organizers reported a steady stream of people attending.

Very easily well see 500 today, said Kathleen Westcoat, CEO of HealthCare Access Maryland.

U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Democrat, spoke to a roomful of people who were sitting down with 33 navigators. He implored them to tell friends and neighbors who dont have health insurance to enroll by the deadline.

I am not asking you to talk to them. I am begging you to, Cummings said.

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